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.,-†**£¶## called  a "railway", which is  comprised ##¶£**†-,.
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.,-†**££¶¶ because  the  low friction  between  the ¶¶££**†-,.
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.,,-††**£# there  are limits for how acute a  curve #£**††-,,.
....,,†*¶¶ can be,  and even  more so  for how much ¶¶*†,,....
.,-†**¶### the  ground  under  the  rails  can   be ###¶**†-,.
.,-†**£¶## sloped. thus a railway is  often not led ##¶£**†-,.
.,-†**£¶## on top of hills,  rather through them in ##¶£**†-,.
.,-†**£¶## tunnels   (if   they   are   large),  or ##¶£**†-,.
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.,-†**£¶## there will  be trees on the side  of the ##¶£**†-,.
.,-†**£¶## rails, but not  too close,  or they will ##¶£**†-,.
..,,,††*£¶ be  cut down by  the  railway  janitors. ¶£*††,,,..
.,-†**£¶## there will  be  plains,  and  bodies  of ##¶£**†-,.
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.,-†**£¶¶#      the way, there is information       #¶¶£**†-,.
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.,-†**£¶## to be interpreted  by the train drivers. ##¶£**†-,.
.,-†**£¶## different  parts  of  the  railway  have ##¶£**†-,.
.,-†*****£          different speed limits.         £*****†-,.
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.,-†**£### for something to  happen, far away. this ###£**†-,.
...,†***¶# is signaled  by  red  or  green  lights. #¶***†,...
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.,-†*£¶### path between  two  points. however  this ###¶£*†-,.
.,-†**£¶## is   frowned  upon,  and  very  impolite ##¶£**†-,.
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